Modern English → Old English
Old English word for thorn
7 headwords match “thorn”, ranked by the scoring in the data pipeline. The 7 strongest follow; þorn ranks first.
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thorn — thorn
- opens the headword's definition
- listed as an English descendant
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular þorn genitive singular þornes dative singular þorne accusative singular þorn nominative plural þornas genitive plural þorna -
thorn — thorn, a letter of the Old English alphabet, representing /θ/, which was pronounced [θ] or
- opens the headword's definition
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thorn — thorn, a letter of the Old English alphabet representing /θ/, which was pronounced [θ] or
- opens the headword's definition
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thorn — bramble
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular hōs genitive singular hōse dative singular hōse accusative singular hōse nominative plural hōsa, hōse genitive plural hōsa -
thorn — prick, (small) hole, perforation
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary nominative singular prica genitive singular prican dative singular prican accusative singular prican nominative plural prican genitive plural pricena -
thorn — the third letter of the Old English runic alphabet, representing ⟨þ⟩ and the sounds /θ, ð/
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thorn — thorny, full of thorns
- appears in the definition
- has a full inflection table
Paradigm summary strong nominative singular masculine þorniġ strong nominative singular feminine þorniġu, þornġu, þorniġo, þornġo strong nominative singular neuter þorniġ strong accusative singular masculine þorniġne strong accusative singular feminine þorniġe, þornġe strong accusative singular neuter þorniġ
How this ranking works
Scores are computed once, when the site is built, from the Wiktionary data. Every headword whose definitions mention “thorn” gets the points below; the candidates are then sorted by total. The score is shown on each entry above so the order can be checked rather than trusted.
| The English word opens the headword's definition | +10 |
| It appears later in the first definition | +6 |
| It appears in any definition | +3 |
| It is in the headword's links | +2 |
| It is listed as an English descendant (etymological evidence) | +9 |
| The headword has an inflection table | +3 |
| Part of speech is a proper noun | −5 |
| Part of speech is a verb (-ian derivations are noisy) | −3 |
| The headword is an alternative form | −6 |
| The first definition is longer than three words | −2 |
A candidate has to be a real headword with its own entry: inflected forms and grammatical terminology (genitive, nominative, preterite, …) never appear here.
Not one of these?
The match may be a different sense of “thorn”, or an inflected form rather than a headword. Look up the form directly — the entry page marks the grammatical case.
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